Memorial
Men of Bailiff Bridge - WW1
Current Location
Set in a Memorial Garden of 1.25 acres, Bradford Rd (A641), Bailiff Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, HD6 4DN, England
OS Grid Reference
SE 14831 25272
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- Type of Memorial
- Garden
- WMR Reference Number
- 2602
- Description
- Memorial garden with stone shelter. Ornate, limestone memorial plinth, topped by flagpole, bears four bronze plaques with white lettering. Laurel garlands in relief surround plaques. Carved lion heads on four corners. Whole stands on raised platform.
- Inscription
- PLINTH: 1914-1919/ TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM BAILIFFE BRIDGE AND THOSE WHO WORKED AT CLIFTON AND VICTORIA MILLS, ALSO FLUSH MILLS, HECKMONDWIKE WHO IN THE GREAT WAR FOUGHT, FELL AND CONQUERED. THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY SIR WILLIAM AND LADY ACKROYD OF CLIFFE HALL, LIGHTCLIFFE A.D. 1921/ "SO THEY PASSED OVER AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR THEM ON THE OTHER SIDE"/ (NAMES) IN GARDEN SHELTER: IN THANKFULNESS FOR VICTORY FOR PEACE RESTORED AND FOR THE LIVES OF THOSE RETURNED FROM THE WAR IN SAFETY, THIS GARDEN WAS PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE OF BAYLIFFE BRIDGE BY SIR WILLIAM AND LADY ACKROYD OF CLIFFE HALL, LIGHTCLIFFE A.D. 1921/
- War
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Number Commemorated
- 62
- Died
- 62
- Information shown
- Surname, Forename
- Order of names
- Surname, Forename
- Maker(s)
Sir William Ackroyd, Sponsor
Ceremonies
Unveiled
2nd April 1921
Field Marshall Sir William R Robertson Bart GCB GCMG KCVO DSO
Components
- Plinth
Made from: Stone
Condition: Good
- Column
Height: c3900mm
Made from: Stone - Sandstone
Condition: Good
- Plaques
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Good
- Hornshaw and Fowler, Calderdale War Dead, published privately in 1995, their memorial 415
- War Memorials Trust WM1312 http://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=46